Siemens Competition Texas Semifinalists and Regional Finalists

The Siemens Foundation announced the 2008 Semifinalists and Regional Finalists for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. The annual Siemens Competition, administered by the College Board, awards college scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $100,000 in individual and team categories.

Regional Finalists will go head-to-head presenting their research with peers across the nation. Regional Finals commence November 7, 2008. The events are hosted by six of America’s leading research universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (November 7-8); University of Notre Dame (November 7-8); University of Texas at Austin (November 14-15); Carnegie Mellon University (November 14-15); California Institute of Technology (November 21-22); and Georgia Institute of Technology (November 21-22).

TEXAS SEMIFINALISTS

• Firas Abuzaid, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Matthew Amme, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Irene Cai, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Ian Chan, Plano East Senior High School, Plano
• Hua Chen, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Jaimie Chung, Cinco Ranch High School, Katy
• Debannita Dasgupta, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio
• Jonathan Dau, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• John Geller, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Kevin Holmes, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Jennifer Hu, Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin
• Rathi Kannan, Clear Lake High School, Houston
• Shibi Kannan, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
• Fan-hal Koung, St. John’s School, Houston
• Matthew Krenik, Garland High School, Garland
• Jeremy Lai, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Yiwen Liang, Highland Park High School, Dallas
• Alexander Mentzelopoulos, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Camden Miller, Allen High School, Allen
• Shefa Moten, Clear Creek High School, League City
• Pauline Nguyen, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio
• Ilyas Patanam, Michael E. Debakey High School For Health Professions, Houston
• Mark Pavlyukovskyy, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Ramya Raghavan, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Veronica Ray, Incarnate Word High School, San Antonio
• Aman Sharma, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Patrick Snodgrass, Kingwood High School, Kingwood
• Richard Song, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Emmanuel Souganidis, Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin
• Monica Tamil, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Alex Wang, Plano East Senior High School, Plano
• Qiongqiong Yang, Plano Senior High School, Plano
• Kimberly Yeh, Stephen F. Austin High School, Sugar Land
• Jing Yin, Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin

TEXAS REGIONAL FINALISTS

• Jeffrey Chan, William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land
• Joshua Chang, Bellaire High School, Bellaire
• Wen Chyan, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Sameer Deshpande, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton
• Marie Feng, Westlake High School, Austin
• Nayana Ghosh-Choudhury, Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio
• Elisa Lin, Plano West Senior High School, Plano
• Amanda Lu, Plano West Senior High School, Plano
• Srikrishna Raghavan, Academy of Science and Technology, The Woodlands
• Qingliu Yang, Plano West Senior High School, Plano
• Alicia Zhang, Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin
• Mark Zhang, William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land
• Yi Zhang, Bellaire High School, Bellaire